inactive

inactive is a 8-letter English word with 13 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself, inactive. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself, inactive.
2. adjective. Not disposed to action or effort; not diligent or industrious; not busy; idle; as, an inactive officer.
3. adjective. Not active; inert; esp., not exhibiting any action or activity on polarized light; optically neutral; -- said of isomeric forms of certain substances, in distinction from other forms which are optically active; as, racemic acid is an inactive tartaric acid.
4. adjective. not active physically or mentally

   "illness forced him to live an inactive life"

   "dreamy and inactive by nature"

5. adjective. not engaged in full-time work

   "inactive reserve"

   "an inactive member"

6. adjective. lacking activity; lying idle or unused

   "an inactive mine"

   "inactive accounts"

7. adjective. (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly
8. adjective. lacking in energy or will- George Meredith

   "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"

   Synonyms: passive

9. adjective. (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct

   "a dormant volcano"

   Synonyms: dormant

10. adjective. not exerting influence or change
11. adjective. not in physical motion

    "the inertia of an object at rest"

    Synonyms: motionless, static, still

12. adjective. (military) not involved in military operations

    Synonyms: nonoperational

13. adjective. (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert

    "desired amounts of inactive chlorine"

Synonyms

passive, dormant, motionless, static, still, nonoperational

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in inactive:

antivice, vaticine, vineatic

Common word forms

inactively, inactiveness

Words from these letters

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